Beta
ManageSearchChatDiscover
17472

Physiological and Histopathological Effects of Tributyletin (TBT) on Lymnaea natalensis and Physa acuta.

Article

Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

OverviewSimilar Items

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Background: Two hermaphrodite snails Lymnaea natalensis and Physa acuta , the most abaundant gastropods in Nile River was investigated to determine the effect of Tributyletin oxide (TBT) on some physiological parameters and histopathological changes in the ovotestis of both snails.
Methods: Nine plastic gars (six treated and three control sets) were used for each species of snails. Every aquaria contained 2 l. of dechlorenated water with concentration of 2 ppm of TBT. Samples of heamolymph and ovotestis tissues were taken after 2 and 4 weeks.
Results: The physiological data revealed that the concentration of glucose, cholesterol, calcium, total proteins, albumin, and globulin changed from one species to the other in different responses and according to time of exposure.
The histological data of the hermaphrodite gland or the ovotestis of both snails showed disturbances in differentiation and maturation process, cellular degeneration was also observed. Conclusion: Due to the hazardous effects of TBT on the physiology and the histology of the ovotestis of both snail species, more research on the impact of TBT or related compounds has to be conducted. The use of TBT as antifouling agent has to be restricted in the developing countries and replace it by related compounds with less or no side effects.

DOI

10.21608/ejhm.2009.17472

Authors

First Name

El-feky

Last Name

F

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Girls Branch Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt,

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Raafat H

Last Name

A

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Girls Collage for Arts, Science, and Education, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Kamal

Last Name

H

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Zoology Department, Girls Collage for Arts, Science, and Education, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

37

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

3685

Issue Date

2009-10-01

Receive Date

2018-10-24

Publish Date

2009-10-01

Page Start

610

Page End

620

Print ISSN

1687-2002

Online ISSN

2090-7125

Article File

EJHM_Volume 37_Issue 1_Pages 610-620.pdf

PDF . 385.8kB

Link

https://ejhm.journals.ekb.eg/article_17472.html

Detail API

https://ejhm.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=17472

Order

1

Type

Original Article

Type Code

606

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

Publication Link

https://ejhm.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Physiological and Histopathological Effects of Tributyletin (TBT) on Lymnaea natalensis and Physa acuta.

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023